When the international debt crisis hit, Uganda was struggling with the burdens that accompany fledgling independence. As the country labors for economic and political progress, its citizens wait in leeway.

A boda boda motorcycle taxi driver moves toward Kampala's city center where he will spend the night competing with other drivers in order to make enough money to pay off his boss. If he fails to make 10,000 shillings (just over five dollars) in a night of work he will owe his boss money the following night. Many drivers get trapped and continually owe money to their bosses, making no income.